Sync tasks keeps running in Red Hat Satellite v6

Environment

• Red Hat Satellite v6
• RedHat Satellite v6.1.1
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Issue

• Sync tasks keeps running for a longer time.
• Unable to Synchronize repository.
• Synchronizing repository is not getting completed.

Resolution

• Execute the below commands on your satellite server.

# for i in pulp_resource_manager pulp_workers pulp_celerybeat; do service $i stop; done
# sudo -u apache pulp-manage-db
# katello-service restart
# foreman-rake katello:reindex

• For Satellite 6.1.1 restart below pulp services

# systemctl restart pulp_workers
# systemctl restart pulp_celerybeat
# systemctl restart pulp_resource_manager

For more KB articles/solutions related to Red Hat Satellite 6.x Pulp 2.0 Issues, please refer to the Consolidated Troubleshooting Article for Red Hat Satellite 6.x Pulp 2.0-related Issues

Diagnostic Steps

Look for the logs under '/var/log/messages'

"pulp: pulp.server.db.migrate.models:ERROR: pulp_rpm.plugins.migrations hasn't been updated to the latest available migration."

In RedHat Satellite 6.1.1 check dynflow run

 Actions::Pulp::Repository::Sync (waiting for Pulp to start task)

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